Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for emergency lubricant flow at an aircraft gear assembly
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Application No.: US16585041Application Date: 2019-09-27
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Publication No.: US11306812B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Miriam Manzoni , Davide Lercara , Andrea Piazza
- Applicant: GE Avio S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Rivalta di Torino
- Assignee: GE Avio S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: GE Avio S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Rivalta di Torino
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Agent Elizabeth C. G. Gitlin; Michele V. Frank
- Priority: IT102018000009033 20180928
- Main IPC: F16H57/04
- IPC: F16H57/04 ; B64C27/12
Abstract:
A gear assembly of an aircraft including an engine is generally provided. The gear assembly includes a first gear meshed with a second gear to define a gear mesh, and a walled lubricant tank defining a lubricant reservoir and a reservoir inlet opening. The reservoir inlet opening is defined adjacent to an out-of-mesh side of the gear mesh. At least a portion of lubricant from the gear mesh enters the lubricant reservoir through the reservoir inlet opening.
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